Subject: Re: Filename quoting / parsing problem

From: Andreas Schwab <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:06:15 +0100

Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]> writes:

> So you can (and I think git-apply does) follow this simple rule:
>
>     If you see +++/---/rename from/rename to/new file/deleted file, use
>     the names you find there.  Otherwise, because there is no rename,
>     "diff --git" lines has two identical names that follow a/ and b/, so
>     use that name.

If you use diff.mnemonicprefix=true then a/ and b/ may be different.

Andreas.

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